Target-throwing apparatus.



No. 663,090. Patented Dec. 4,1900.

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TARGET THRDWING APPARATUS.

(Application filed may 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

IN VEN T088.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS WASHINGTON PIKE AND JOHN FRANKLIN PIKE, OF BIRMING- HAM, ENGLAND.

TARG ET-TH ROWING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,090, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed May 29, 1900. Serial No. 18,457. on) model.)

To all whom it may concern: the bolt and nut K passing through the loops Be it known that we; CORNELIUS WASH- and acting as a pivot to the wire holder, which INGTON PIKE and JOHN FRANKLIN PIKE, submaybe turned to any required angle, as shown jects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in Fig. 3, or retained rigid by tightening the 5 at 34c Moor street, Birmingham, in the county pressure of the nut. The inanimate bird is of Varwick, England, have invented a certhen placed against the rubber roller L and, tain new and useful Apparatus for Throwing being rolled into position between the arms Inanimate Birds for Shooting Practice, of B O D E and the bow G, is held in position, as which the following is a specification. shown in Fig. 3, by the grip exerted by the to This invention relates to a holder or clip pressure of the wire upon it. To throw the combined with a handle for the purpose of bird, the handle is grasped, and by athrowing throwing inanimate birds by hand. It is conaction the bird is released and caused to travel structed by one or more pieces of metal wire in a similar way as from an ordinary trap. or rod of round, square, or other section so We do not confine ourselves to any partic- 15 bent as to form a spring-clip or hand for ular form of holder to grip the bird, and when holding the bird and also bent to form a loop constructed of wire the wire may be bent in or loops for attachmentto the handle, which any desired manner to form aspring-grip, and consists of a short rod of wood, cane, metal, we may in some instances apply an additional or other suitable material, with a rivet or bolt spring or springs to assist in holding or re- 20 and nut at one end to pass through the loops leasing the bird; but we prefer constructing of the Wire for attaching it to the handle, or it as described in the above specification. the wire may be attached to the handle by Having now described our invention, what screwing or fixing it into a ferrule at the end we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letof the handle. ters Patent, is- 25 By forming theloopsasacoiltightly gripped 1. In combination with a suitable handle,

by the handle the spring-clip or holder is caa spring-grip comprising a wire having a porpable of being turned to any desired angle tion coiled upon itself and secured to said relative to the handle, one advantage of which handle, and having outwardly diverging is to vary the flight of the bird. The grip straight arms, anda U-shaped bent portion 30 on the bird is obtained by the pressure exextending between said arms, substantially erted by the wire when the bird has been as described. placed between the bent portions. 2. In combination with a suitable handle,

Referring to the accompanying sheet of a grip comprising a single piece of wire coiled drawings, which form a part of this specifiupon itself with said coil secured to said han- 3 5 cation and illustrates a convenient form of dle, the wire diverging outwardly from said constructing ourimproved apparatus, Figure coil to form straight arms, an angular bent l is a front View of the holder or spring-clip portion at the extremity of one of the arms, drawn fullsize. Fig. 2 is a side view of same; a loop formed at the extremity of the other and Fig. 3 is a View of the complete apparatus arm, the wire from the extremity of the loop 40 holding an inanimate bird, drawn one-quarbeing extended across in a U-shaped bend ter full size. to the extremity of the angular bent portion In the illustrations the holder or spring-clip around which it is twisted, and a roller jouris shown constructed of one piece'of bent wire. naled on said angular bent portion, substan- The wire is bent into loops or coils at A, leavtially as described. 5 ing the portions from B to O and D to E as In witness whereof we have hereunto set straight arms, one end being then bent over our hands in presence of two witnesses. at F and twisted into the bow-shaped clip G, the two ends of the wire being then attached PIKE by the rivet H passing through the rubber L l 5o roller L or otherwise attached. Thecoils or Witnesses:

loops A are placed in and grippedby the fork HENRY F. TALBOT, I at the end of the rod M and held there by W. BERNARD CURRALL. 

